I am Worthy – By Brand Ambassador Jessica

Not a Before

It’s difficult living in a world that is constantly telling us we aren’t good enough.

Not skinny enough

Not pretty enough

Why do they get to dictate our worth, and why do we believe them?

I’ve got rolls, and skin, and lumps that stick out every which way. I am at a weight that doctors deem unhealthy and high risk. I get comments about my size from passing strangers, as well as social media.

And yet, none of these things makes me any less.

It’s taken me so many years to not be disgusted when I look in the mirror; years I could’ve spent loving my body and worrying about other things. And truth be told, the feeling hasn’t gone away. But knowing that we have such a short amount of time in this crazy life we live, don’t we want to spend it loving the vessel that takes us there?

The older I get, the more I realize that my opinion of myself is the only one that matters. If I decide to go on a diet, that’s okay. If I choose to keep living how I am, that’s okay too. What matters is that they are my choices to make, and I will make any that will better my happiness.

Just because someone else believes otherwise, doesn’t make it true.

I am worthy of love and beauty. I am worthy of bikinis, shorts, and lingerie. I am worthy of eating good and eating bad, exercising or not.

I’ve spent most of my life trying to be good enough, that I didn’t see that I already was.